Broadly speaking, a piece of scenery snapped by a dozen tourist cameras daily is not physically impaired thereby, nor does any other resource suffer when the rate increases to a hundred. The camera industry is one of the few innocuous parasites on wild nature.
— A Sand County Almanac by Aldo Leopold 📚
@adders Interesting extract. I haven't read the book. What comes to mind though is that the cameras must inevitably be attached to people, who will bring the noise of chatter, their footfalls (or wheels) wearing on trails or spreading diseases amongst the plants, their exhalations (a problem in ancient caves with rock drawings)… I think even 'cameras' will cause suffering to the scenery (or parts of it).
@Miraz He’s contrasting them with the hunters and fishing folks, and the increasing use of technology to cater to them. It’s 80 years ago, so he can be forgiven for not predicting influencers and their impact…
But yes, the point he made has been undermined by time and technology.